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verb
- To attempt to please someone.
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- (intransitive) To give birth to a fawn.
- (literal, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.
- (derogatory) To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour. [with on or upon]
- To exhibit affection toward someone.
- show submission or fear
- have fawns
adj
noun
noun
- The act of catering to someone's every desire.
- A wish or whim satisfied.
- Something in which someone indulges.
- The act of indulging.
- An indulgent act; a favour granted; gratification.
- (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.
- Tolerance.
- foolish or senseless behavior
- a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
- the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
- the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution
- an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
verb
noun
- a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
- a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
- (Internet) A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages.
- A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
- Synonym of crawler crane.
- (sports) A crawl swimmer.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A sycophant.
- A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
- A mobile stage in the development of stationary hemipteran insects such as scale insects—generally the first instar.
noun
verb
noun
verb
adj
verb
- To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
- To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
- To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.
- (specifically, religion) To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
- (specifically, Oxford University) Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.
- ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
- make a humble, earnest petition
- ask humbly (for something)
verb
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
- (figuratively) To grovel, act in a very submissive manner; to show obeisance to (someone or something) in such a manner; to bow.
- (historical) To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.
- To bow very deeply.
noun
verb
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
- take in, also metaphorically
- (slang) To fellate (someone).
- (transitive) To absorb (fluid).
- (slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
verb
noun
verb
- To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
- (transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.
- To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
- To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
- induce into action by using one's charm
- attract; cause to be enamored
- control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
- protect through supernatural powers or charms
noun
- The collective noun for a group of goldfinches.
- (particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
- (graphical user interface, Microsoft Windows) An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.
- The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
- (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
- A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
- An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
- (often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
- A flock, group (especially of finches).
- a verbal formula believed to have magical force
- (physics) one of the six flavors of quark, the third most massive of all quarks
- attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
- something believed to bring good luck
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Motivation.
- (countable) Someone or something wished for.
- (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
- (uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
- an inclination to want things
- the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- something that is desired
noun
- (figuratively) The act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone.
- The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.
- (by extension) The behaviour exhibited by an animal to attract a mate.
- a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
noun
- One who makes an earnest entreaty of any kind.
- (historical) One of the clergy in the Jansenist controversy who rejected the bull Unigenitus issued in 1713, appealing to a pope "better informed", or to a general council.
- (law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court
- the party who appeals a decision of a lower court
adj
adj
- Excessively eager to please; obsequious.
- (grammar) Not belonging to the original root.
- (grammar) Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.
- Of or pertaining to a slave.
- Slavish or submissive.
- relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
- submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
noun
verb
adj
- Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others.
- Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
- intended to attract notice and impress others
- making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
- (of a display) tawdry or vulgar
verb
- To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
- (ambitransitive) To draw into conversation.
- (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- (intransitive) To enter into battle.
- (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- (engineering, transitive) To come into gear with.
- keep engaged
- hire for work or assistance
- carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
- carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
- give to in marriage
- get caught
- consume all of one's attention or time
- engage or hire for work
- engage for service under a term of contract
- ask to represent; of legal counsel
verb
noun
noun
- An act of supplicating; a humble request.
- A prayer or entreaty to a god.
- (Islam) du'a', minor or private prayer performed individually.
- The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.
- (historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
- the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
- a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
- a humble request for help from someone in authority
verb
- To respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude.
- To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).
- In the future tense in the form one will thank someone to do something, chiefly expressing a command or criticism: to request that (someone) do something.
- (rare) To express appreciation or gratitude for (something).
- Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame.
- express gratitude or show appreciation to
noun
adj
verb
verb
noun
noun
- An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please).
- (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
- (informal) Any anxiety disorder, especially generalized anxiety disorder.
- An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
- (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
- a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
verb
- To cause (a person or their face) to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
- Of a person or their face: to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
- To enlighten intellectually.
- To enlighten (someone) spiritually; to induce (someone) to adopt, or believe in the truth of, a religion, religious tenet, etc.
- (art) To decorate (a page of a manuscript book) with ornamental designs.
- (rare) To enlighten (someone) intellectually.
- (also figurative) To shine light on (something).
- (also figurative) To cause (something) to glow or shine with light.
- To cause (the eyes) to see.
- To become bright; to light up.
- introduce light into
noun
adj
verb
noun
- an inclination to do something
- a general direction in which something tends to move
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
- (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
- A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
noun
- A fulfilment of a need or desire.
- The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.
- A reparation for an injury or loss.
- The source of such gratification.
- A vindication for a wrong suffered.
- (euphemistic) Sexual pleasure.
- the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation
- state of being gratified or satisfied
- (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation
- compensation for a wrong
- act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite
verb
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- ask for or request earnestly
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- propose a payment
- make a serious effort to attain something
- invoke upon
- (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
- (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
- (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon.
- (intransitive) To make an attempt.
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- an attempt to get something
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
- (prison slang) A prison sentence.
- An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
noun
- The act of catering to someone's every desire.
- A wish or whim satisfied.
- Something in which someone indulges.
- The act of indulging.
- An indulgent act; a favour granted; gratification.
- (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.
- Tolerance.
- foolish or senseless behavior
- a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
- the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
- the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution
- an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
verb
noun
- a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
- a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
- (Internet) A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages.
- A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
- Synonym of crawler crane.
- (sports) A crawl swimmer.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A sycophant.
- A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
- A mobile stage in the development of stationary hemipteran insects such as scale insects—generally the first instar.
noun
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
- (figuratively) The act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone.
- The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.
- (by extension) The behaviour exhibited by an animal to attract a mate.
- a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
noun
- One who makes an earnest entreaty of any kind.
- (historical) One of the clergy in the Jansenist controversy who rejected the bull Unigenitus issued in 1713, appealing to a pope "better informed", or to a general council.
- (law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court
- the party who appeals a decision of a lower court
adj
noun
- An act of supplicating; a humble request.
- A prayer or entreaty to a god.
- (Islam) du'a', minor or private prayer performed individually.
- The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.
- (historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
- the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
- a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
- a humble request for help from someone in authority
noun
adj
verb
noun
- An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please).
- (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
- (informal) Any anxiety disorder, especially generalized anxiety disorder.
- An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
- (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
- a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
noun
adj
verb
noun
- an inclination to do something
- a general direction in which something tends to move
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
- (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
- A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
noun
- A fulfilment of a need or desire.
- The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.
- A reparation for an injury or loss.
- The source of such gratification.
- A vindication for a wrong suffered.
- (euphemistic) Sexual pleasure.
- the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation
- state of being gratified or satisfied
- (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation
- compensation for a wrong
- act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite
verb
- To attempt to please someone.
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- (intransitive) To give birth to a fawn.
- (literal, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.
- (derogatory) To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour. [with on or upon]
- To exhibit affection toward someone.
- show submission or fear
- have fawns
adj
noun
verb
- To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
- To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
- To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.
- (specifically, religion) To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
- (specifically, Oxford University) Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.
- ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
- make a humble, earnest petition
- ask humbly (for something)
noun
verb
adj
verb
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
- (figuratively) To grovel, act in a very submissive manner; to show obeisance to (someone or something) in such a manner; to bow.
- (historical) To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.
- To bow very deeply.
noun
verb
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
- take in, also metaphorically
- (slang) To fellate (someone).
- (transitive) To absorb (fluid).
- (slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
verb
noun
verb
- To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
- (transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.
- To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
- To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
- induce into action by using one's charm
- attract; cause to be enamored
- control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
- protect through supernatural powers or charms
noun
- The collective noun for a group of goldfinches.
- (particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
- (graphical user interface, Microsoft Windows) An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.
- The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
- (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
- A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
- An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
- (often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
- A flock, group (especially of finches).
- a verbal formula believed to have magical force
- (physics) one of the six flavors of quark, the third most massive of all quarks
- attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
- something believed to bring good luck
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Motivation.
- (countable) Someone or something wished for.
- (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
- (uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
- an inclination to want things
- the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- something that is desired
verb
verb
- To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
- (ambitransitive) To draw into conversation.
- (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- (intransitive) To enter into battle.
- (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- (engineering, transitive) To come into gear with.
- keep engaged
- hire for work or assistance
- carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
- carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
- give to in marriage
- get caught
- consume all of one's attention or time
- engage or hire for work
- engage for service under a term of contract
- ask to represent; of legal counsel
verb
noun
verb
- To respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude.
- To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).
- In the future tense in the form one will thank someone to do something, chiefly expressing a command or criticism: to request that (someone) do something.
- (rare) To express appreciation or gratitude for (something).
- Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame.
- express gratitude or show appreciation to
verb
noun
verb
- To cause (a person or their face) to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
- Of a person or their face: to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
- To enlighten intellectually.
- To enlighten (someone) spiritually; to induce (someone) to adopt, or believe in the truth of, a religion, religious tenet, etc.
- (art) To decorate (a page of a manuscript book) with ornamental designs.
- (rare) To enlighten (someone) intellectually.
- (also figurative) To shine light on (something).
- (also figurative) To cause (something) to glow or shine with light.
- To cause (the eyes) to see.
- To become bright; to light up.
- introduce light into
verb
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- ask for or request earnestly
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- propose a payment
- make a serious effort to attain something
- invoke upon
- (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
- (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
- (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon.
- (intransitive) To make an attempt.
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- an attempt to get something
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
- (prison slang) A prison sentence.
- An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
adj
- Excessively eager to please; obsequious.
- (grammar) Not belonging to the original root.
- (grammar) Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.
- Of or pertaining to a slave.
- Slavish or submissive.
- relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
- submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
noun
adj
- Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others.
- Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
- intended to attract notice and impress others
- making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
- (of a display) tawdry or vulgar